Tim Smith@tsmith_co

Professional homelabber and Certified Vibe Coder. I like to explore new technologies. Principal Solutions Architect @Veeam

 Ohio, USA
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Replying to @KaraBoutTech @jhoughes @PGelsinger
Thanks for the encouragement Pat!!! #VMworld
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Would love a family plan for @bot access @elonmusk - like Teams but shared pool of usage. Use case: shared bots with family members for family tasks. Individual bots stay private.
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Preparing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 for the EWS Retirement on Oct 1st tsmith.co/2026/preparing-vee…

Preparing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 for the EWS Retirement | Tim's Tech Thoughts

Microsoft starts blocking EWS in Exchange Online on October 1. In this post, I go over what VB365 still uses EWS for, why it needs to stay enabled, and what the move to Graph will bring later.

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I spent some time this weekend migrating from #wordpress to #Hugo - and I used @claudeai to help the migration! tsmith.co/2026/migrating-15-…

Migrating 15 Years of WordPress to Hugo with AI | Tim's Tech Thoughts

After 15 years on WordPress, I migrated my blog to Hugo with help from Claude AI and deployed it on Cloudflare Pages. Here's how it went.

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Amazing who you run into! It was great catching up!
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10 Dec 2025
For the second year in a row, I’ve run into legends at this wonderful @Gartner_inc IOCS Conference! It’s been too long brother…So great to see you this week!! @Veeam @tsmith_co 🎉
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If you associate the song “Holding out for a hero” with Alvin and the Chipmunks, how’s your back doing? piped.video/NTfilzjIi7U?feature…

The Chipmunks - I Need A Hero

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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vCommunity@vCommunity_io
2 Dec 2024
2025 will bring some content from the #vCommunity Podcasts, webinars, and blog posts from members. Join us at vCommunity.io to get engaged!
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Created a new channel just for the "Tim's Tech Thoughts on the Tractor" funny content. Episode 2 just uploaded! piped.video/@timstechthought…

Tim's Tech Thoughts on the Tractor

A fun video podcast of Tim's Tech Thoughts on the Tractor. Join Tim as he works on the farm and shares his thoughts around various technology topics. Visit the real Tim's Tech Thoughts here: https:...

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Tim’s Tech Thoughts on the Tractor - Ep 1 piped.video/aCkJAY4_A6E?si=OmRw…

Tim’s Tech Thoughts on the Tractor - Ep 1

Join me for 2 minutes on the tractor for the very first episode. Th...

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Veeam Backup for M365 - change to Linux proxy servers piped.video/X0_wqivKht0?si=kGKP…

Veeam Backup for M365 - change to linux proxy servers

This video shows how easy it is to move from windows proxy servers ...

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New Video -> Veeam Backup for M365 upgrade to v8 & Proxy Pools piped.video/-WH6awbZMSE?si=CwJg… #veeam #m365

Veeam Backup for M365 upgrade to v8 & Proxy Pools

In this video I upgrade the lab and it's proxies from version 7 to ...

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New Post > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Advanced Deployment & Architecture tsmith.co/2024/veeam-backup-…

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Advanced Deployment - Architecture | Tim's Tech Thoughts

Introduction This blog series will cover deploying Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, specifically an advanced deployment. Most are already aware that Veeam is the …

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Crowdstrike Analysis: It was a NULL pointer from the memory unsafe C++ language. Since I am a professional C++ programmer, let me decode this stack trace dump for you.
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“I was there” This is massive.
Troy Hunt
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19 Jul 2024
Replying to @troyhunt
I don’t think it’s too early to call it: this will be the largest IT outage in history
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Anton Gostev@gostev
31 May 2024
Warning from our security team: CVE-2024-1086 in nf_tables in the Linux kernel is now being exploited in the wild. POC code is public and they see threat actors actively discussing the vulnerability on underground forums. Keep your Linux servers and hardened repositories patched!
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New post -> Immutability with Veeam 365 backups and Synology tsmith.co/2024/immutability-…

Immutability with Veeam 365 backups and Synology | Tim's Tech Thoughts

Use Synology immutable snapshots with your Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server to add an extra layer of protection.

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New blog post -> Run your own AI on your Synology NAS! tsmith.co/2024/run-ai-on-you… #ai #synology

Run AI on your Synology | Tim's Tech Thoughts

A ways back, Synology was kind enough to send me a DS923+ to test out. I’ve used a DS1817+ in my lab for quite some time now, so a unit with an upgraded …

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vCommunity@vCommunity_io
3 Apr 2024
The new website is online. Come join the #vCommunity! vcommunity.io
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Pro tip - don’t purchase @ThermaTru Doors for your house. I have had a terrible time trying to get them to respond and fix an incorrectly manufactured door.
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Finally setup my new 2 node vSAN lab. What do you think @Lost_Signal? Currently running HCIbench
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It finally reached its plateau.
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